Correlation of Asthma Degree Compared to Quality of Life Measured by Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire
| Main Authors: | Imelda, Syifa; Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia, Yunus, Faisal; Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia, Wiyono, Wiwien Heru; Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| Format: | application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Journal of the Indonesian Medical Association
, 2007
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| Online Access: |
http://indonesia.digitaljournals.org/index.php/idnmed/article/view/553 |
Daftar Isi:
- The aim of this study was to asses correlation between the asthma degree and quality of life which was measured by asthma quality of life questionnaire (AQLQ). The study was performed by observational cohort study. Subjects were asthma patients based on GINA 2002, male and female, age 15-60 years. All of the subjects had lung function examination, filled the daily card and interviewed to check AQLQ questionnaire. Subjects {n=130, 101 female, mean of age 42.10 (12.25) years old} were consisted of mild asthma degree group (47 patients), moderate asthma (42 patients) and severe asthma (41 patients). All patients had quality of life score mean range from 4.79 (1.07) total score to 5.01 (1.23) the limitation of activity score. Mild asthma patients had quality of life score mean range from 5.42 (0.66) the limitation of activity domain to 5.71 (0.78) emotional function domain. Meanwhile moderate asthma patients had quality of life score mean range from 4.64 (1.01) symptom domain to 4.80 (1.25) emotion function domain, lower than mild asthma degree patients (p<0.05). Quality of life score mean of severe asthma degree patients range from 4.23 (0.99) symptoms domain to 4.56 (0.87) the limitation of activity domain, lower than moderate asthma patients (p>0.05). Quality of life with clinical symptoms had moderate – strong correlation. Meanwhile the quality of life with lung function test had weak correlation. It was concluded that the quality of life was influenced by asthma degree of mild asthma patients compared to moderate and severe asthma patients but was not influenced by asthma degree of patient with moderate compared to severe degree of asthma.Keywords: quality of life, asthma degree, AQLQ